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Playboy: The Mansion Walkthrough for PS2 (Final)
By: neeker
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DISCLAIMER AND LEGAL STUFF
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Playboy: The Mansion is a game that contains nudity and sexual
contents. You shouldn't be playing this game, or in fact, reading this
walkthrough, if you are under 18, or are easily offended by such
materials.
This walkthrough can be posted on GameFAQ.com and its associates only,
unless authorized by me. You may contact me at lestor_wong@yahoo.com
for this purpose.
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THE STUFF IN HERE
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1. First Things First
2. Mission 1: Launch the Playboy Empire
3. Mission 2: A Great Start
4. Mission 3: Living the Life
5. Mission 4: When Everything's going Right
6. Mission 5: Feel the Love
7. Mission 6: Launch Playboy Foundation
8. Mission 7: When the going gets tough
9. Mission 8: Hurray for Hollywood
10. Mission 9: Launch Playboy TV
11. Mission 10: Playboy Jazz Festival
12. Mission 11: Launch Playboy.com
13. Mission 12: Playboy's 50th Anniversary
14. Bonus Mission 1: From Centrefold to Centrestage(PS2 Bonus)
15. Bonus Mission 2: What's Good for One... (PS2 Bonus)
16. Bonus Mission 3: Photo Finish (PS2 Bonus)
17. Last Words
Appendix 1: Contents Providers
Appendix 2: Version history
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1. FIRST THINGS FIRST
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Hi, I'm Lestor Wong. I post on GameFAQ.com/ GameSpot.com by the
username "neeker". This is the first time I'm writing a walkthrough,
so please pardon me if I make any mistakes. Feedback can be directed
to lestor_wong at yahoo.com.
This guide consists of a complete walkthrough of all 15 missions for
the Mission Mode of the PS2 game Playboy: The Mansion. These include
the 12 main missions, and the 3 bonus missions that are only available
in the PS2 version of the game.
This guide does not include basic information like controls, furniture
description, etc. In another words, you should already know these basic
functions when using this guide. Additional tips, notes and
recommendations will be included in the walkthrough itself. For example,
if a mission requires you to sign a comedian, I'll include my a note of
who would be a good choice.
This guide may also have some typographical errors. Please bear with
me because sometimes I'm writing it while playing the game at the
same time.
With all things settled, let's go straight to the missions.
UPDATE (6.30.05): If you intend to email me, please help me to read your
email. Remember to:
a. Include a title in the Subject field;
b. Make sure that the question is not already answered in this guide;
c. Try not to use HTML email because funny colors and fonts make me
feel sick;
d. Be courteous! I'm tired of reading emails INSTRUCTING me to answer
their questions.
I trust that these are simple email etiquette that most people can
adhere to. Thankfully, most people who emailed me are very helpful in
their feedback, and polite in their request. Thanks for all your
support.
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2. MISSION 1: LAUNCH THE PLAYBOY EMPIRE
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This is basically a "Get to know the Game" mission. You start the game
with $100,000, and you need to use the money to achieve some of the
objectives. The objectives for this mission are:
a. Tour the game menus (Secret Objective)
b. Set up office upstairs
c. Hire staff
d. Do a centrefold photoshoot
e. Publish a magazine
f. Meet Jak
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a. Tour the game menus
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This is a secret objective that's not listed in the game's Goals
screen. You start the game outside the mansion, where you will find
Julie McCollough, the first of many Playmates who will grace your
screens over the course of the game. She will explain the game's
various menus, including the Magazine, Hef, Roster and Mansion
menus. Try these menus out to complete this objective. A screen will
pop up to confirm the completion.
To be specified for PS2 users, you need to use the following to
complete this objective:
D-Pad Up: Magazine Menu (use L1/ R1 to scroll left and right for
more)
D-Pad Left: Hef Menu (use L1/ R1 to scroll left and right for more)
D-Pad Down: Roster Menu (use L1/ R1 to scroll left and right for
more)
D-Pad Right: Mansion Menu (use L1/ R1 to scroll left and right for
more)
Triangle: People/ Mood Finder
Square: Relationship Button
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b. Set up office upstairs
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While you're busy toggling the controls, your Star Bunny Victoria
Fuller appears on screen. Talk to her so that she can explain the
ideas of conversations and drives. Make sure you're very sure about
these as a large part of this game requires you to conduct
conversations and satisfy drives.
RECOMMENDATION: You may want to try out a conversation with Julie
to get a feel of talking to people. Also, while it's not compulsory,
try to convince Julie to have sex with you, just so that you can
check out the rather comical sex scene. As the game progresses, you
will find yourself so engrossed in meeting objectives, you won't
have much time for sex!
On the Upper Mansion, Dick will ask you to buy a Staff Desk. It's
a required item, so fork out the $14,000 for it by using the
Mansion menu. You've full control of where you want to place your
desk.
As easy as it sounds, you complete this objective.
RECOMMENDATION: You may want to use some money to improve your
mansion's appearance and value, for example, buy a mirror for the
Main Mansion. You may need these items to satisfy your guests'
drives in future missions. This is entirely optional at this moment
though, especially if you want to save some money.
RECOMMENDATION: While shopping for the desk, buy a Back Drop if
you've the spare cash. It makes your photographs better to look at.
You can choose from a list of 3: Ocean, Sunset and Black.
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c. Hire staff
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Buying the desk paves the way for you to hire a journalist.
Activate the Roster menu, and move to the Staff screen to view a
list of available staff, which should include some journalists
and photographers. Once you hire a journalist, you complete this
objective. Hire a photographer too.
TIP: When hiring a staff, choose one who has a high rating. At this
stage of the game, the staff available to you may not be the best, so
go for the best of the lot. You may also want to take note of their
quirks, and avoid hiring people who are confrontational.
NOTE: A journalist needs a desk to work on, so if you want to hire
one more journalist, you will need to buy another desk.
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d. Do a Centrefold photoshoot
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Now that you've a photographer, you can do your first Centrefold
shoot. Approach Julie and use the Request Centrefold option. If she
agrees, you can choose to do the photoshoot at the Main or Upper
Mansion. If you bought a Back Drop earlier at the Upper Mansion,
choose that location. If not, anywhere will do. It doesn't really
matter.
TIP: Before doing the photoshoot, you may want to introduce your
photographer to Julie. Having the photographer and the model on good
terms would ensure a better quality photoshoot. To do so, approach the
photographer use the Follow Me command on him/ her. Then, approach
Julie and use the Make Introductions option. Make them engage in Casual
or Professional Conversations and watch them hit off. This process can
be repeated in future photoshoot with other models.
Once you finished the photoshoot, the objective ends.
NOTE: You can get the model to go topless by using the Wardrobe option.
It's essential for people who likes to look at titties. Like me.
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e. Publish a magazine
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You need six contents to publish an issue:
- A Cover
- An Article
- A Centrefold
- An Essay
- An Interview
- A Pictorial
Use the Magazine menu to call up a screen that shows a magazine cover.
Go to the Contents screen and you should find that you already have all
of them, even though all you did so far was just a Centrefold shoot!
The game is trying to go easy on you, for now, that's for sure.
Choose one for each, and use the Go to Print option to complete this
objective. Dick will tell you that he will inform you once the magazine
ships. He will also come back to you almost immediately to tell you how
much you've earned. You will also earn fame.
TIP: Take note of the contents and magazine quality by looking at how
many Bunny Heads they have. As you progress, make sure your magazine's
overall rating has 3 Bunny Heads or more. At this stage, however, that
is not really possible.
To reward your first taste of success, a new item is also unlocked for
you - the First Issue. Go to the Mansion screen to view this item under
the Wall Art section. Buy it if you want.
NOTE: You can do this objective by simply following what the screen
wants you to do, ie. by looking at the Hef Screen. If you immediately
hire a photographer and do a Centrefold shoot, you can immediately
ship a magazine to complete the two objectives. Dick will then appear
on screen to ask you to go upstairs. Going upstairs is some sort of
a secret objective that rewards you with 2 bonus points. If you
follow my earlier sequence of walkthrough, going upstairs before
you do a Centrefold/ Publish a Magazine WILL NOT fulfil the Go
Upstairs objective and WILL NOT reward you with 2 bonus points. I
apolgozie for including this so late, but I just found it out
recently while replaying this portion with my wife.
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f. Meet Jak
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Your assistant Jenny will make her first appearance now. She will
inform you that Jak Hammer, a rock musician, is coming over to see you.
When he arrives, ignore his fugly face and build up a casual
relationship with him. Use the Invite to Inner Circle option too. The
objective will be met in no time.
NOTE: If you don't invite Jak to your Inner Circle, you will not
unlock Jak's Pool Party, which is a secret objective in a future
mission.
NOTE: David Dills wrote that you can have sex with one of Jak's
girlfriend to achieve another secret objective. According to David,
"try to have all the relationships factors up to 70-80%" and do this
before completing the Meet Jak objective, or the girls will leave while
you're still talking to Jak. However, having sex with the girl will
make Jak turn red, so you'll have to use the Apologize command on
him before fulfilling the Meet Jak objective. I've yet to fully explore
this part of the game, so I'll treat this finding as an unverified
secret mission until I successfully test it. If you try it and is
successful, please email me too.
UPDATE (4.2.05): Benedick von Marthin wrote that to achieve the
secret objective of having sex with Jak's girlfriends (note: plural!),
you need to have sex with both of them, presumably because they are
twins. After doing so, three more girls will stop by at the Mansion.
He isn't sure what to do with them. However, as mentioned earlier,
having sex with Jak's girlfriends make him see him. Even though you
can use the Apologize command to fulfil the Meet Jak objective, the
relationship will become so sour that it removes the Jak's Pool Party
secret objective in Mission 2, even if you invite Jak to the Inner
Circle.
After the Jak objective is completed, the mission wraps up. The game
will prompt you to save whenever a mission is completed, so save your
game if you want.
You will also be notified that you've unlock the SWIMMING POOL. From
now on, you've one more area to move around.
NOTE: You can save as many times as you want during the game. Some
missions are very long, and you may want to take a rest in between.
Saving your game in Playboy: The Mansion allows you to start
immediately from where you save, which is very welcomed.
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3. MISSION 2: A GREAT START
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There are a lot of things to do in this mission, but they are still
pretty straight forward. Now that you've earned fame, you will have
the first taste of hosting a party, which, if successful, will earn
you more fame. You will also need to gather more contents for your
2nd issue.
These are the objectives for Mission 2:
a. Throw a party
b. Complete new cover shoot
c. Secure new essay
d. Secure new interview
e. Get new article
f. Get new pictorial
g. Get Centerfold
h. Ship another issue
i. Jak's Pool Party (Secret objective)
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a. Throw Party
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As the objective implies, you need to throw a party to complete this
portion of the mission. Use the Throw Party option to initiate a party.
Choose whether you want a day or night party, and decide what attire
should your guests come in. As for who to invite, you can choose
yourself, or leave it to Jenny. Normally, she does a pretty good job.
However, in the later part the game, you may want to choose the
guests yourself because Jenny may exclude some required personnel. So,
you may want to choose your own guests for this first party too just
to get used to it.
NOTE: The party will be held at the place where you initiated it, so
if you want a party at the pool, proceed to the pool before calling
for the party.
When choosing guests, there are some points to note. Firstly, the
higher the rating a guest has, the more it will cost you to get him/
her over. However, a higher rating guest is also likely to give you
better contents. You need to decide whether it is worth the while.
Secondly, before throwing a party, view the Market screen in the
Magazine menu to check what markets have more potential.The black bars
denote the possible estimated sales per market. The yellow bars
denote how much your issue is hitting these markets. If TV/ Movies is
high on the list, you may want to invite some actors/ actresses over
to get some contents out from them to satisfy that particular market.
Thirdly, it's entirely possible that a high rating guest will decline
your invitation. If he/ she is not a required person to complete a
certain objective, don't bother too much about it.
Last but not least, always include at least one journalist and one
photographer in your party. You need the journalist to conduct
interviews and the photographer to take photoshoot with guests who
agree to provide these contents.
TIP: You may want to save before throwing a party if you need a
required person to attend your meeting. If he/ she declines the
invitation, simply load the game again to avoid incurring
unnecessary costs.
TIP: Some guests will decline party invitations if their fame rating
is higher than yours. At this stage, you can't really do anything
about it, but my suggestion is that use these early times to ship
more issues to up your fame ratings as well, so that in future
missions, you can easily invite "high profile, required-to-complete-
mission guests" without declinations.
With all these established, go ahead and throw the party. During the
party, fulfil the drives of your guests by monitoring their drives
bars, which are depicted by the following:
- Wine Glass: Entertainment
- Graduation Hat: Intellectual Development
- Chair: Leisure
- Handshake: Casual Relationship
- Graph: Professional Relationship
- Heart: Romantic Relationship
To fulfil an Entertainment drive, use the Follow Me option to
anything that provides food and drink, and then use the Tell to Use
option. A Food Cart, for example, can raise an Entertainment drive.
To fulfil an Intellectual Development drive, ask the guest to view
a Wall Art like a painting, or a furniture like a bookshelf.
To fulfil a Leisure drive, ask the guest to sit on a sofa or a chair.
NOTE: All the above examples given are already in your possession.
There's no need to buy them!
To fulfil Casual, Professional and Romantic Relationships, simply
talk to them.
Try not to end a party too early. Your guests will give you some
clues to end it by either leaving on their own, or giving the
"zzz" signal.
Some other party pointers:
- Be appropriately dressed (no swimming trunks if you call for a
formal party, for example!)
- Turn on some music (Concord Jazz is nice)
You will complete the objective when you use the End Party function.
You get the Privacy Bush in your shopping catalogue. It costs you
$40,000 to build, which is a complete waste of money considering
its sole purpose is for you to have some, er, privacy at the
pool area.
TIP: If you can't get all the contents you need in one party, throw
another one. You waste money though, so act fast!
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b. Complete new cover shoot
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Choose your victim, I mean, potential cover girl during the party.
Develop a relationship (up to you which relationship) with her. Once
the relationship reaches about 50%, use the Command option to check
whether the Request Cover Shoot is available. If yes, click it!
TIP: As mentioned earlier, you may also want to first introduce the
cover girl with your photographer before requesting for the cover
shoot.
NOTE: A 50% relationship is merely a guide. Some people requires
a higher relationship to agree to your requests.
A cover shoot is almost the same as doing a Centrefold shoot, only
you will see the word "PLAYBOY" on the screen to tell you where the
magazine titles will be placed. Snap a photo of the cover girl and
use it for your next issue.
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c. Secure new essay
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Find a celebrity in your party who has reasonable intellect. Talk
to him/ her to build a relationship. Use the Request Essay command,
pay the money and wait for your new essay.
NOTE: Even when the Request Essay command appears, the person may
decline your request. Build a higher relationship then and ask
again.
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d. Secure new interview
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This game requires you to talk to a lot of people, and it's
beginning to take its toll! Find a celebrity in your party, build
a relationship and then use the Request Interview command. Your
journalist will be notified and will start the interview
immediately.
TIP: As usual, you may introduce the celebrity to your journalist
for a better quality interview.
TIP: A person who has agree your request to either a photoshoot,
an essay or an interview can also provide other contents. For
example, Julie can write an essay and do an interview for you, if
you want to save time. However, you can only hold one content from
one person at any one time. To get a new content from that person,
either publish it, or discard it.
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e. Get new article
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Once you get the cover shoot, essay and interview, you can end
the party. Your next objective is to get your journalist to write
an article for the next issue.
Use the Market screen to find out which market has the most potential,
and get the journalist to write an article about it. You may also
ignore the market at this early stage of the game, and ask the
journalist to write an article which relates to his interests. Of
course, it'd be great if the journalist happens to have an interest in
a high market potential area.
You will be informed once the article is ready.
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f. Get new pictorial
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This is similar to the new article objective. Analyze the market, and
ask your photographer to shoot the pictorial. You will be asked to
choose which area he/ she should concentrate on.
You will be informed once the pictorial is ready.
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g. Get Centrefold
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Use the Staff screen to search for an available Playmate. Cough up
the money and wait for her to arrive at the Mansion. Build a
relationship with her and then Request Centrefold. You should know
how to do a photoshoot by now.
TIP: You may be given a few Playmates to choose from. Choose the
one with the best physique and most charm. If one has a better
physique while the other has the better charm, I'll recommend physique
over charm any day.
NOTE: When getting the above contents, you may also note that you get
bonus points for any content that gets the "one of the best ever"
comment from Dick. So do your best to deliver quality stuff for your
readers.
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h. Ship another issue
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This is easy. Gather all the contents in the Contents screen, and send
the magazine to print. Hopefully you gain both money and fame from it!
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i. Jak's Pool Party
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If you didn't invite Jak to your Inner Circle earlier, you won't get
this secret mission. Which means that, if you did, you get this secret
mission!
Anyway, this objectives requires you to throw a party at the pool for
Jak and his friends Felix da House Cat and Uncle Kracker. Since you
need a minimum of five people to form a party, invite a Playmate and
a Bunny along to keep the guys occupied when you're talking to Felix
da House Cat and Uncle Kracker.
Develop a casual relationship with both and invite them to your Inner
Circle. You may need contents from them in future missions.
When you're satsified with the outcome of Jak's Pool Party, end it to
complete the objective. Mission 2 ends and you will unlock the
Character Editor in the Roster menu. It allows you to, well, edit
some aspects of a character, duh!
NOTE: After this mission, you're pretty much on automatic gear when
it comes to publishing magazine. Be sure to publish at least one issue
for every mission to keep the money rolling in.
TIP: Some future missions require demographics-specific issues, and you
may have a hard time getting them done. In such cases, ship a
non-specific issue just to get money in, and then work on the objective
again.
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4. MISSION 3: LIVE THE LIFE
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In this mission, you're required to:
a. Have an intimate affair
b. Make girlfriends
c. Make friends
d. Make an associate
e. Get full staff
f. Use your Inner Circle
g. Release another issue
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a. Have an intimate affair
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Develop a high romantic relationship with any woman to complete this
objective. Go ahead and have sex with her if you want to. You unlock
the Leg-O-Ramp once this objective is met.
RECOMMENDATION: The Playmate who did the Centrefold for your last
issue.
TIP: You may try to ask this person to be your girlfriend to help
your next objective.
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b. Make girlfriends
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You need to make 2 girlfriends in this objective, yeah! If you follow
my earlier tip, you only need to find one more girl to cheat on.
TIP: Still have Julie in the Mansion? Use her! You've already
have sex with her if you heed my earlier recommendation, so you may
only need to talk to her for a while before she becomes your
girlfriend, although this is not guaranteed.
TIP: Find girlfriends who are low on ratings to minimize your cost
for Girlfriends' Allowance. You can always break up with them when
you've more money in the bank.
If you successfully make two girlfriends, you unlock the
Trampoline in the Pool area. This helps to improve one's physique.
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c. Make friends
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You need to invite two celebrities into your Inner Circle. Already
has Jak Hammer and his friends in from earlier missions? Then you
don't even need to bother - the objective ends by itself!
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d. Make an associate
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Throw a party and develop a professional relationship with a guest.
Once the relationship goes up to around 80%, you will get an option
to Strike a Deal. Do it to complete this objective.
NOTE: The outcome of a deal is random. You win some, you lose some.
I'd recommend you to do it only if it's a required objective, like
this one. I once lost $210,000+ in deal, for your information!
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e. Get full staff
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Definition of a "full staff":
- 1 Journalist
- 1 Photographer
- 1 Playmate
- 1 Bunny
Victoria leaves you sometime during Mission 2. You already have
the journalist and photographer, so just use the Staff screen to
hire a Bunny and a new Playmate to complete this objective.
TIP: When the new Playmate arrives, use her for a Centrefold
Shoot - don't waste the money!
TIP: Try to keep only 1 Journalist at this moment. You will know
why later.
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f. Use your Inner Circle
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This is very easy. Apart from Jak and friends, your girlfriends
are also included in your Inner Circle. Ask anyone for a content
to achieve this goal.You unlock the Color Splash Skirt Suit
upon completing this objective.
RECOMMENDATION: Do an interview with Felix da House Cat. I just
like the name.
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g. Release another issue
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You know what to do. Do it and end Mission 3. You will unlock
the Back Bunny under the Wall Art catalogue.
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5. MISSION 4: WHEN EVERYTHING'S GOING RIGHT...
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... everything starts to go wrong. Honeymoon is over. You will begin
a series of tough missions that promise to crack your skull, and maybe
some other parts of your body. Mission 4 requires a lot of patience.
It also has two secret missions that are not listed on the Goals
screen! In fact, there are so many things to do, I'll list them in
order of my preference to give you a more organized way to complete
this very tough mission.
a. Find out what happened
b. Patch up or fire staff
c. Get Melda on the cover (Secret objective)
d. Publish Playboy Philosophy
e. Convert chance encounters
f. Repair girlfriend relationships
g. Mend friendships
h. Do a covershoot for Petra Verkaik (Secret objective)
i. Publish a Sports issue
j. "There's a Hitch"
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a. Find out what happened
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The Mansion is plagued with relationships issues. You need to find
out why.
The Official Strategy Guide wrote that: "Only one of your
journalists knows the problem, but you won't know which one.
Therefore, if you go into this mission with only one journalist, you
can make things a little easier on yourself."
Now you know why I asked you to keep only 1 journalist at the moment?
Haul up this journalist and develop a casual relationship with him/
her. When the time comes, Jenny will tell you what happened.
NOTE: "What happened" is basically a fight betwen both your
girlfriends. Apparently, they both have the same ex-boyfriend who
two-timed them (soap opera stuff, if you ask me), and they are now
blaming each other for causing that relationship to end. Damn it.
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b. Patch up or fire staff
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Two members of your staff are arguing about natural vs. implants. If
I were you, I'll fire both of them. But since this is a game, I'll
advise you to patch them up.
Use the Goals screen to determine who the two stupid people are,
introduce them to one another, and let them have a go at mending their
professional relationship.
During their discussion, use the Triangle button on the PS2 controller
to monitor the drives of both parties. Quickly use the Work it Out
option to calm things down. You must ask them to work it out quickly,
or their conversation may end and they will walk away from each other.
You may need to try a few times to make this work.
TIP: Do the introduction at an area with lesser people. People
walking around distracts you, and could interrupt the conversation
between the two staff.
NOTE: Firing a staff also completes this objective.
Completing this objective unlocks the Retro Zip-Front, a costume
that your Playmates can wear.
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c. Put Melda on the cover
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Some time now, Jenny will inform you that a group of researchers
are coming over to the Mansion for a tour. She tells you to ignore
them. Stupid woman!
The leader of the group is a lady called Melda Carlton. Develop a
relationship with her and request her for a cover shoot. You get bonus
points for putting Melda on your cover in this secret objective. It
also unlocks a hidden playmate, the voluptous Petra Verkaik!
Quickly assemble all your contents, including the Playboy Philosophy
essay by Hef, and ship the issue to complete this objective.
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d. Publish Playboy Philosophy
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Hef's Playboy Philosophy is a free essay given to you by... you!
If you've followed the earlier instructions to put Melda on the cover
together with the Hef essay, this objective automatically completes.
You also get Michaelangelo, a very big Wall Art.
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e. Convert chance encounters
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By now, sports stars Jose Canseco and Rob Dyrdek should have arrived
at the Mansion. Since publishing a sports issue is one of your goals,
develop relationships with both and get an interview and a sports
essay from either one of them.
RECOMMENDATION: I used Dyrdek for the essay and Canseco for the
interview. Both yielded 3.5 Bunny Heads and filled up a whole lot of
sports demographics.
NOTE: DO NOT let any of these stars slip you by. They will not
return after they leave if you don't talk to them.
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f. Repair girlfriend relationships
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Now that you get two good pieces of content for your sports issue,
you can solve the problem between the two women. This could either
be a tough objective, or it could go really well for you.
Anyway, you need to first get both girls to talk to each other. Monitor
their moods and then use Work it Out to bring them back on good terms.
This needs to be done for both their casual and professional
relationships.
NOTE: If things go well, they will even start having a good romantic
relationship.
Next, throw a party for the two girls and Blaze Starr, the ex-boyfriend.
Invite a female sports celebrity and your photographer for a cover shoot
as well if you want.
TIP: If you put Melda on the cover of your earlier issue, Jenny will
tell you thay Petra wants to be on the cover of Playboy too. She will
appear on the Celebrities list when you throw a party. Consider using
her instead for bonus points. It's not necessary to have a sports
celebrity on the cover.
Since you've already get the girls on good terms, introduce them to
Starr individually and start them on casual conversations. Again, monitor
reactions and work it out if necessary.
Once the relationships are mended, you get a pop up to inform you that
you've completed the objective.
NOTE: It's possible to introduce the girls to each other only during
the party.
You get a Round Bed for you effort. You can purchase it for the
Upper Mansion and have sex on it.
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g. Mend friendships
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Two members of your Inner Circle have taken opposite sides with regards
to your girlfriends' issue. Invite the two immature buggers over,
introduce them to a casual conversation and use Work it Out if
required.
NOTE: You must do this only after you repair your girlfriends'
relationship.
TIP: There's no need to throw a party for the friends. Simply use the
Call Friends option.
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h. Do a covershoot for Petra Verkaik
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If you did a covershoot for Petra during the Starr party, remember
to select her as a content for your Sports issue. This objective will
complete when you publish the issue.
NOTE: You can throw seperate parties for Starr and Petra.
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i. Publish a sports issue
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You probably need the money now. Go ahead and publish the sports issue
with Canseco's and Drydek's contents. Both contents should max out the
sports bar in your Market screen. If you want to be safe, get a
journalist (preferably one who loves sports) to write an article on
sports and your photographer (preferably one who loves sports) to
shoot a sports pictorial.
TIP: You can now hire more journalists and photographers. Choose
wisely.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Save now. I repeat, save the game now.
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h. "There's a Hitch"
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A lady called Hillary Adelus wants to meet you to talk about the
emergence of Playboy Magazine. Throw a party for her together with
some filler-guests. Once you invite her over, the grotto is unlocked
in the pool area.
Now, walk over to the pool area to check out whether your pool is still
there! If not, load game and try again. If yes, you should see your new
grotto too.
Go back to the Mansion and develop a casual relationship with Hillary.
Wait for the pop up to confirm that the objective is met.
Mission 4 is now complete, and you unlock Olivia's Hef, another piece
of Wall Art.
NOTE: While unlocking the grotto, it's possible that it doesn't unlock
at all, causing the whole swimming pool to go missing. For good. It
doesn't affect your gameplay - some future missions require compulsory
pool/ grotto parties - as the game apparently still recongnizes that
you've a pool and a grotto, but it just feels silly having a group of
people standing on a large green patch of land which is supposed to be
your pool. And how am I so sure that it feels silly? Because I got the
bloody glitch without saving.
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6. MISSION 5: FEEL THE LOVE
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If you've completed the secret objective of getting both Melda and
Petra on the cover, this mission will sound familiar. This time,
however, you will need to get a famous actress on, get a content from
a specific individual and hold some specific parties.
a. Hold Operation Validation Fundraiser
b. Complete Karmyn Chase Covershoot
c. Find Ken Willard
d. Hold Graduation Party
e. Hook Ken up (Secret objective)
f. Get essay from Ken Willard
g. Get Karmyn on the cover
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a. Hold Operation Validation Fundraiser
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Dick informs you of a request from a certain Johnny Hart. You must
fulfil this request by holding a Fundraiser party at the Grotto.
Johnny and Karmyn Chase will be present at the party. Remember to
invite a photographer along.
Keep the guests satisfied, and also build up a relationship with
Karmyn. Ask for a photoshoot if possible to also help the next
objective. Or you may want to invite her to your Inner Circle if
you don't want to do the photoshoot now. There's no reason not to!
TIP: Inviting Karmyn to your Inner Circle allows you to call her
over for future contents. Her essay and interview both carry
high Bunny Heads.
End the party to complete this objective. You unlock Butt'R'Fly,
yet another Wall Art in the process.
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b. Complete Karmyn Chase Covershoot
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If you asked Karmyn to do a photoshoot during the Fundraiser
party, you complete the objective during the party itself.
You get an Artsy Bunny Shirt for your effort. It's quite a nice
piece of casual outfit for your Playmates.
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c. Find Ken Willard
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There's only one person who can reveal the whereabouts of the
mysterious Ken Willard - Robbie Light. Throw a party for Robbie,
develop a relationship with him and wait for Jenny to confirm
the information you get from Robbie.
The bugger, however, will only tell you how to contact Ken if
you agree to host a graduation party for his students. You've
no choice but to agree!
TIP: Even though the party is intended to scoop information
from Robbie, invite some celebrities for contents as well.
At the end of the day, Karmyn's cover and Ken's essay only
amounted to 2/6 of an issue.
RECOMMENDATION: Get Petra in for this party and get an
interview out of her. I got 4 Bunny Heads for it!
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d. Hold Graduation Party
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Damn, do you have to do this? You've to honor your part of the bargain
with Robbie Light. The guests are some of the most notorious ones, but
you should maximize this opportunity to get Lisa Theobald on the cover,
and perhaps get some other contents from the others. Photographer and
journalist are therefore mandatory again.
Once you end the party, Robbie tells you the information about Ken.
You fulfil both the "Find Ken Willard" and "Hold Graduation Party"
objectives. The Ken objective gives you Obsession, yet another piece
of Wall Art. Yawn!
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e. Hook Ken up
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You need to throw a lot of parties for this mission, and here's another
one. Invite Ken over for a party, as well as several amorous women. Ken
is horny, and wants love. Satisfy his sex drive first by hooking him up
with a Playmate. This will complete the hidden objective of hooking Ken
up.
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f. Get essay from Ken Willard
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Talk Ken out of giving you an essay. He gives a great essay too, by the
way.
RECOMMENDATION: Ken is good in Arts and Literature. Depending on the
market, you may ask him to write about something else he likes too. Just
be sure to request an essay in an area that he has an interest in to
maximize content quality.
Gather all the contents, including Karmyn's cover, and ship the issue.
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g. Get Karmyn on the cover
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Once you ship the issue with Karmyn on the cover, you
automatically completes this. This unlocks the Ultra Extreme Dance for
the Clubhouse, which you will get for completing Mission 5 itself.
And then Mission 5 completes, and you unlock the Clubhouse, yay!
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7. MISSION 6: LAUNCH PLAYBOY FOUNDATION
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Steven Ratchet, the man to launch the Playboy Foundation, is in jail
for protesting. You need to get him out to launch the Playboy
Foundation. The majority of things you do in this mission is to pave
the way for his release.
a. Sign Builder Paris
b. Sign famous Leading Lady
c. Get the chemistry cooking
d. A little mood music
e. Get Markus a muse (Secret objective)
f. Pull some strings
g. Pay Steven's Bail
h. Free Stephen Ratchet
i. Host Mover's and Shakers
j. Fund the Foundation (Secret objective)
k. Leery Politicians
TIP: Objectives a-e can be achieved in one single party. You need to
invite Builder Paris, Lily Knocker and Markus Jacobski to the same party,
as well as an amorous or easy-going Playmate. If you want contents from
these people, bring your journalist and photographer along. You also
need to work fast.
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a. Sign Builder Paris
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Develop a professional relationship with Builder Paris. As the
relationship moves towards the 90% range, the Offer Contract option
should appear on the screen. Use it to sign him.
If the conversation doesn't go well, use the Calm Down option to turn
the tide. Try again when the relationship goes up again.
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b. Sign famous Leading Lady
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You need a leading lady who is of similar rating as Builder. For that
reason, I recommend Lily Knocker. She should be the only female actress
who satisfies this requirement in the Roster menu when you throw the
party.
As with Builder, develop a professional relationship with Lily and sign
her up using the Offer Contract option.
NOTE: I tried signing Karmyn up for this objective, but despite a high
professional relationship, she refuses to sign the contract, and even
kicked me in the balls. I'd believe it's because her rating is much
higher than Builder.
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c. Get the chemistry cooking
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Before approaching Lily, you may consider asking Builder to follow you,
because you need him and Lily to form a romantic relationship.
Sit back and watch them hit off. The familiar pop up confirms the
completion of this objective, and gives you the Shoulder Wrap, another
piece of garment for your Playmates.
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d. A little mood music
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It's Markus Jacobski's turn to be impressed by you. Develop a
professional relationship and sign a contract with him. That's three
contracts in a row now!
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e. Get Markus a muse
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Markus is another horny man who has sexual needs to fulfil. You will
come across plenty of these people throughout this game, so you might
as well get used to it. Introduce Markus to the Playmate you brought
along, and get them to work on a romantic conversation. This is easier
said than done, because Markus is such a pain in the ass, he offends
the girls all the time. Use Work it Out if required.
TIP: To be on the safe side, bring along additional Playmates.
Once their relationship develops to a high percentage, the objective
ends. You will get a confirmation on screen, as well as the Playboy
Mini for your Playmates.
NOTE: DO NOT SEND ME EMAILS ASKING WHY BUILDER PARIS, LILY KNOCKER
AND MARKUS JACOBSKI'S WON'T ATTEND YOUR PARTIES. Work on your fame
stars instead. I'm not going to explain basic issues like hosting a
successful party or shipping a good issue to gain fame in Mission 6!
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f. Pull some strings
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Signing Builder, Lily and Markus will pave the way for the appearance
of Robert Aganasio. Invite him to a party and develop a casual
relationship with him. Get him into your Inner Circle as well. End the
party after that. Robert will help you to secure Steven's release.
As easy as this sounds, you just pulled some strings!
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g. Pay Steven's Bail
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Pulling strings immediately leads to Dick asking you to pay $100,000
to bail Stephen out of jail. You've no choice but to say Yes.
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h. Free Stephen Ratchet
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Once you click Yes to pay the bail, Stephen gets free. It's as simple
as that.
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i. Host Movers and Shakers
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This is another fundraising party that involves some guests with very
weird needs. Satisfy their fetish to get more funding.
Now, here's the world of the rich and famous:
- Dame Sanford is a drinker. Get her drunk so that her embarrassed
husband will pay some money to cover up the story.
- Zupa True is attracted to Dame Sanford. Introduce them for a romantic
development. Yes, heck care the husband.
- Duke Sanford apparently likes to fool around with other women. Keep
him away from female guests and Dame Sanford will be grateful enough
to donate more money.
- Rhapsody Rod admires Zupa True. Introduce them for a casual
conversation.
- Marv Wasserman likes to watch his girlfriend Tika Chai hit off with
other men. You may want to do the honour yourself!
NOTE: You can don't satisfy any of these fetish to complete this
objective. Satisfying them bring more donation to the Playboy
Foundation though. Also, all these quirks will only be made Known
to you if you develop at least 40% casual relationship with
each and every one. For example, you need to casual talk Duke until
he tells you his "problem".
If you're interested in paying lesser for the foundation fund,
you may want to follow what I did in my game in the following
sequence:
Develop a casual relationship with Rhapsody until he tells you
he's a fan of Zupa. Ask Rhapsody to follow you next, as you
casual talk Zupa until he tells you that he "loves all the girls,
and has the hots for Dame". Ignore Zupa's issue for now, and
introduce Rhapsody to Zupa for a casual relationship. Next, ask
Dame to follow you until you're close to Zupa and Rhapsody,
and then casual talk her until she tells you that she thinks
her husband is "trying to relive his youth". By now, Zupa and
Rhapsody should have finish talking, so introduce Dame to Zupa
for a romantic relationship. Ask Duke to follow you next, as you
casual talk him until he tells you about Dame's drinking problem.
I'm quite lucky because I didn't invite any Playmates to the
party, and Bunnies can't hit off with any man because they're
chaste, so Duke can't "relive his youth". Just keeping him by your
side should fulfil Dame's wish that her husband is faitfhul at
least for tonight, while she humps away with Zupa! Once Dame is
done with Zupa, ask her to use the bar until she gets drunk. She
will need about four drinks to go into a stumble. I talk to Marv
next, but by the time he tells me about his fetish, Tika Chai has
already left. So, yes, I didn't talk to everyone. But, read next
section.
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j. Fund the Foundation
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Once you end the Movers and Shakers party, you will be asked to fork
out some money to fund the Playboy Foundation. The maximum amount to
pay is $100,000. However, if you satisfy the specific needs of the
guests during the party, you pay lesser, depending on how many you
satisfy. If you use my way, you only pay $48,850! Not too bad,
is it?
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k. Leery Policticians
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Has this mission end yet? Now, some stupid politicians want to talk
to you. Get Arriana Blewsome, Beatrice Atkinson, Frank Watz, and Pierre
Leek in for a party. Satisfy their drives. Get some contents out of them
if you want to, etc. Finish the party to end this objective.
TIP: During the course of this mission, be vigilant in publishing
magazines. It's too easy to be caught up in fulfilling objectives
that you completely forget about the thing that brings you your
daily bread. In a long mission like this, I typically ship out
three issues!
Completing Mission 6 unlocks the Regency End Table, an expensive
furniture for your Mansion.
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